Spelling Bee January 5, 2025 answers
All accepted words for today's NYT Spelling Bee, with the pangram revealed, point totals, and progress thresholds for each rank.
Today's letter set · Center: H
Puzzle stats
Total words
57
Total points
406
Pangrams
10
Genius score
284
Center letter
H
Pangrams
Uses all 7 letters
- ANNIHILATING
- ANNIHILATING
- HIGHTAILING
- HIGHTAILING
- ALIGHTING
- ALIGHTING
- LATHING
- LATHING
- HALTING
- HALTING
Rank thresholds
Beginner
0 pts
0%
Good Start
8 pts
2%
Moving Up
20 pts
5%
Good
32 pts
8%
Solid
60 pts
15%
Nice
101 pts
25%
Great
162 pts
40%
Amazing
203 pts
50%
Genius
284 pts
70%
Queen Bee
406 pts
100%
All accepted words
- alight
- alighting
- alighting
- annihilating
- annihilating
- anthill
- haggling
- hail
- hailing
- halal
- hall
- halt
- halting
- halting
- hang
- hanging
- hangnail
- hath
- hatha
- hating
- hiatal
- high
- highlight
- highlighting
- hightail
- hightailing
- hightailing
- hill
- hilling
- hilt
- hinging
- hint
- hinting
- hitting
- inhalant
- inhaling
- lath
- lathing
- lathing
- light
- lighting
- lightning
- nigh
- night
- nightlight
- ninth
- tahini
- taillight
- than
- that
- thigh
- thin
- thing
- thinning
- tight
- tilth
- tithing
About this puzzle
The NYT Spelling Bee for Sunday, January 5, 2025 uses the seven letters A, G, H, I, L, N, T, with H as the center letter that must appear in every word.
Today's puzzle has 57 accepted words for a total of 406 points. To reach Genius rank, players need 284 points — about 70% of the total. The full Queen Bee score requires every word.
This puzzle has 10 pangrams — words that use all seven letters. Each pangram earns a 7-point bonus on top of its regular score.